Psalm 138:2 AMPL – For you have exalted above all else Your name and Your Word and You have magnified Your word above all your name

Divided Loyalties

The Magnified Word of God Series

I. Thought Wars

Psalm 119:113-120I hate those with divided loyalties (double minded)I love your instructionsGet out – evil minded peopleI intend to obey God’s commandmentsI will meditate continually on your decreesThose who stray – only fooling themselves

Psalm 1Psalm 1:1 (NASB) How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked…Delight in the law of the LordMeditate day and night Definition: to moan, growl, utter, speak,

muse:--Prosper in all they doThe path of the wicked leads to destruction

James 1:2-8V.2-3 – the context – troubles come, faith testedAsk for wisdom with faith in God onlyPerson with divided loyalty (double minded) unsettled (unstable)

Loyalty divided between God and the world

II. Prisoners of War

2 Corinthians 10:3-6Wage war with God’s mighty weaponsKnock down strongholds of human reasoning and false arguments

10:4 (NASB) for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.

10:4 (MSG) The tools of our trade aren't for marketing or manipulation, but they are for demolishing that entire massively corrupt culture.

10:5 (NASB) We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,

10:5 (MSG) We use our powerful God-tools for smashing warped philosophies, tearing down barriers erected against the truth of God, fitting every loose thought and emotion and impulse into the structure of life shaped by Christ.

III. Strategic Battlefront - Relationships

Relationships - most treasured commodity – over money or possessions, Trouble comes, faith tested – Scenario #1 You have been offended

Someone has offended you – thought war between human reasoning and God’s wordHuman reasoning (warped philosophies) – Vengeance

AvoidanceEye for an eyeQuarrelHatred, bitterness

God’s Wisdom – from God’s Word – Matthew 18:15

Go privatelyPoint out the offenseListens and confessesWin that person back

Trouble comes, faith tested – Scenario #2 You have offended someone - thought war between human reasoning and God’s wordHuman Reasoning (Warped Philosophies) - Condescension

Grow up - If you weren’t so immature you wouldn’t get offendedAvoidance

God’s Wisdom from God’s Word – Matthew 5:23-24

Go and be reconciledThen come and offer your sacrifice

Divided Loyalty (double minded)– between God and the World

UnstableWalk in the council of the ungodly

Delight in the law (wisdom, council) of GodBearing fruit in every seasonProsper in all they do

Psalm 119:165 (NLT) Those who love your instructions have great peace and do not stumble. (KJV - nothing shall offend them)Psalms 119:73 You made me; you created me. Now give me the sense to follow your commands.